# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172F: Loss of control - on ground/water NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB CHI05CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA058.md): Cessna 172F · Willmar, MN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 26, 2005 · N8205U · Substantial damage > The student pilot's failure to properly compensate for the crosswind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout. Contributing factors were the crosswind and the snow bank. - [NTSB LAX04CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA086.md): Cessna 172F · Redlands, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 3, 2004 · N5184F · Substantial damage > the pilot's inadequate compensation for the existing gusty crosswind condition, and his failure to maintain directional control. Contributing factors were a crosswind and wind gusts. - [NTSB CHI04LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA012.md): Cessna 172F · Columbus, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 2003 · N5204F · Substantial damage > The student pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during an aborted takeoff. Factors associated with the accident were the crosswind condition, the delayed aborted takeoff, and the… - [NTSB FTW01LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA075.md): Cessna 172F · Clovis, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 6, 2001 · N5175F · Substantial damage > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during take off roll resulting in a ground loop. A contributing factor was the crosswind. - [NTSB NYC96LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA119.md): Cessna 172F · Blairstown, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 1, 1996 · N8869U · Substantial damage > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control due to improper compensation for wind conditions. - [NTSB ATL95LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA029.md): Cessna 172F · Carrollton, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 18, 1994 · N5440R · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadvertent collision with trees, adjacent to the taxiway, while attempting to avoid a deer that crossed the taxiway. - [NTSB LAX95LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA025.md): Cessna 172F · Tonopah, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 1994 · N8210U · Substantial damage > the pilot's excessive taxi speed and improper remedial action after the nose gear began to shimmy. The nose gear shimmy (nose gear vibration) and the berm were factors in this accident. - [NTSB MIA95LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA006.md): Cessna 172-F · Clearwater, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 1994 · N8356U · Substantial damage > The student pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the crosswind condition. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience. - [NTSB BFO90LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90LA020.md): Cessna 172 · Staunton, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 10, 1990 · N8488U · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a crosswind landing. - [NTSB ATL89LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA132.md): Cessna 172F · Elkin Arpt., NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 1989 · N7908U · Substantial damage > The failure of the pilot to properly compensate for the gusty wind conditions during takeoff and the delay in his decision to abort the takeoff before colliding with trees. Contributing to the accident were the gusty wind conditions and the pilot's lack of… - [NTSB NYC89LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA102.md): Cessna 172 · Honesdale, PA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 16, 1989 · N5517R · Substantial damage > The loss of directional control by the pilot during landing. - [NTSB ATL88LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA116.md): Cessna 172F · Myrtle Beach, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 16, 1988 · N5244F · Substantial damage > The pilot reported that the airplane began to sink rapidly about 100 ft above the rwy threshold. He added pwr and initiated a flare. Upon touchdown, the airplane pitched down and rolled rt. The airplane subseqeuntly skidded off of the rt side of the rwy and… - [NTSB NYC88LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA061.md): Cessna 172 · Concord, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 31, 1987 · N5383R · Substantial damage > The aircraft was landing at Concord municipal airport, and during landing roll, the aircraft veered to the left leaving the runway surface and nosed over in the field between the taxiway and runway 35. - [NTSB MIA86LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA078.md): Cessna 172F · Clewiston, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 15, 1986 · N8886U · Substantial damage > The plt stated that a x-wind caused him to lose control of the acft while attempting to land on a x-country flt. The acft departed the rwy and struck a ditch. The plt indicated that no pre-flt wx briefing was obtained prior to departure. - [NTSB FTW82DA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA122.md): Cessna 172 · Gallup, NM · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 11, 1982 · N8408U · Substantial damage > On the second landing of the flight the aircraft veered to the left and departed the runway. The aircraft nosed over after hitting soft dirt and a drainage ditch. The pilot stated that the aircraft swerved on the first landing and he felt that the passenger… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072414') AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 260)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072414&occurrence=260 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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